CVE-2017-12133
medium
CVSS v3
5.9
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.9
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the clntudp_call function in sunrpc/clnt_udp.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.26 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to error path.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
69%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 2.26-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.24-15 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.24-15 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.24-15 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.24-15 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.24-15 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | glibc | {"endIncluding":"2.25"} | |
References
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SYZL6PAKI73XYRJYL5VLDGA4FFGWMB7A/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21115
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=d42eed4a044e5e10dfb885cf9891c2518a72a491
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1/
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100679
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12133.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12133
CWEs
CWE-416
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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